381, Lot: 580. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AR Half merk (32mm, 6.63 g, 7h). Second coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1573. Crowned coat-of-arms / Cross fleurée with five-rayed star at center; alternating crowns and thistles in quarters. Burns 4 (Fig. 924); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 1220; SCBC 5478. Near VF, areas of light toning, areas of weak strike, traces of adjustment marks, hint of porosity.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.